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The report of the Adjutant-General for 1868 makes the fol- lowing summary statement :
This regiment (originally the One Hundred and Thirty- eighth New York. Volunteer Infantry) was organized at New York to serve for three years. It was mustered into the service as such Sept. 8, 1862. A new company was afterwards organized and attached to this regiment and the Twenty-second New York Independent Battery was trans- ferred thereto in 1863 as companies L and M. The organi- zation was raised in the counties of Cayuga and Wayne (Twenty-Fifth Senate district) except Company M which was raised in the county of Niagara. The regiment was consolidated into four companies and transferred to the Sec. ond Regiment New York Artillery as companies I, K, L and M, June 27, 1865. The officers rendered supernumerary were mustered out of service. The same report specifies the battles which the regiment was entitled to have inscribed upon its banners as : Cold Harbor ; Petersburg ; Monocacy ; Opequan, and Cedar Creek; but as usual the rules by which official reports seem to be made, omit a large number of engagements and skirmishes in which the regiment shared.
The following complete official roster of all the commis- sioned officers is furnished as a matter of general informa- tion in a condensed form, although it repeats names appear- ing elsewhere in separate town lists and also includes others from Cayuga county and Niagara :
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MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY.
OFFICIAL ROSTER.
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT, 1868.
NINTH HEAVY ARTILLERY.
NAME.
Date of Commission.
Date of Rank.
Remarks.
Colonels: Joseph Welling.
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 27,'62 Resigned May 21, '64.
William H. Seward, Jr.
May 31,'64 May 21,'64
Promoted to Brig .- Gen. Oct. 4, '64.
Edwin P. Taft
Sept. 15,'64
Sept. 15,'64 Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
J. W. Snyder.
Dec. 27,'64 Nov. 28,'64 Not mustered as Col.
Lieutenant-Colonels :
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 22,'62 Promoted to Col. May 31, '64.
William H. Seward, Jr
June 23,'64 May 21,'64 Promoted to Col. Sept. 15, '64.
James W. Snyder
Sept. 15,'64 Sept. 15,'64 Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
(Rrev .- Col. U. S. V.)
William Wood
Dec. 27,'64 Nov. 28,'64 Not mustered as Lieut .- Col.
Majors : Edwin P. Taft
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 24,'62 Promoted to Lieut .- Col. June 23, '64.
Truman Gregory
June 10,'64 May 21,'64 Not mustered, deceased.
William Wood,
June 28,'64 June 28,'64
Discharged by reason of consol- idation, June 27, '65. (Brev. Lieut. - Col. U. S. V.)
Anson S. Wood
Jan. 13,'65
Nov. 28,'64 Resigned May 16, '65.
(Brev. Lieut .- Col. U. S. V.)
William R. Wasson
Dec. 31,'62
Dec. 30,'62 Discharged June 12, '63.
Charles Burgess
Jan. 11,'64 Jan. 8,'64
Sullivan B. Lamoreaux
Feb. 28,'65 Feb. 3,'65 Transferred to Second N. Y.
Artillery, June 27, '65.
James Snyder
Dec. 31,'62 Dec. 30,'62 Promoted to Lieut .- Col. Sept.
15, '64.
Irwin Squyer
Nov. 19,'64 Sept. 15,'64 Discharged May 17, '65.
Adjutant : William R. Wasson.
Sept. 10,'62|Sept. 3,'62
Promoted to Major Dec. 31,'62.
Quartermasters : Henry P. Knowles.
Lewis Barton.
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 19,'62 Promoted to C. S. Sept. 20, '64. Feb. 18,'65 Feb. 3,'65
Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27'65.
Surgeons : Samuel A. Sabin. Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 23,'62 Discharged Jan. 1I, '65. Dwight S. Chamberlain Jan. 21,'65 Jan. 20,'65 Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
(Brev. Lieut .- Col. U. S. V.)
Edwin P. Taft.
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MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY.
NINTH HEAVY ARTILLERY-(Continued.)
NAME.
Date of Commission.
Date of Rank.
Remarks.
Assistant Surgeons :
Byron De Witt.
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 28,'62 Resigned Aug. 19, '63.
Byron L. Flower.
Sept. 11,'63
[Died Oct. 24, '63, of disease.
John W. Brant.
Nov. 20,'63 Nov. 12,'63 Discharged Dec. 15, '64.
Otto Schultze.
Mar. 22,'65 Mar. 16,'65 Discharged by reason of consol- Sept. 25,'62 idation June 27, '65. Not mustered, declined.
A. P. Crafts.
Dwight S. Chamberlain
Nov. 7,'62 Nov. 5,'62
Promoted to Surgeon Jan. 21, '65.
Edward Malone
Feb. 18,'65 Feb. 18,'65 Not mustered.
Chaplains : Warham Mudge
Stephen T. Devoe
Sept. 10,'62 Sept. 9,'62 Resigned Sept. 28, '64. Nov. 28,'64 Nov. 17,'64 Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
Captains :
James W. Snyder
James H. Hyde. George W. Brinkerhoff
Truman Gregory.
Sullivan B. Lamoreaux
Joseph W. Jewhurst
Loyal W. Alden.
Harvey W. Follett.
Marshall B. Burke
Feb. 18,'65 Dec. 27,'64 Discharged by reason of consol- Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 14,162 idation. (Brev .- Maj. U.S.V.) Died June 23, '64, of wounds. Promoted to Major Feb. 28,'65. June 23,'64 May 21,'64 Feb. 28,'65 Feb. 3,'65 Discharged by reason of consol- Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 14,'62 Feb. 17,'63 Feb. 10,'63 Nov. 30,'64 Sept. 12,'64 idation, June 27, '65. Resigned Feb. 14, '63. Discharged Sept. 14, '64. Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65. Discharged Feb. 17, '64.
Charles L. Lyon ..
Nelson F. Strickland
Chauncey Fish.
Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65. (Brev .- Major U. S. V.)
Selah Corn well. Henry Roesselle.
William Hawley.
Orson Howard.
John Tifft.
Nov. 30,'64 Nov. 14,'64
Va., Oct. 19,'64. Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65. Promoted to Major Jan. 11,'64.
Charles Burgess
George W. Bacon
Lewis D. Williams.
John F. Stewart
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 24,'62 Jan. 16,'64 Jan. 8,'64 Discharged Aug. 18, '64. Aug. 15,'64 Aug. 15,'64 Not mustered as Capt. Feb. 18,'65 Feb. 3,'65
William Wood
Daniel B. Harmon ..
Henry J. Rhodes.
Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65. Sept. 16,'62 Aug. 24,'62 Promoted to Major June 28,'64. Sept. 28,'64 June 28,'64 Discharged Nov. 16; '64. Feb. 18,'65 Nov. 12,'64 Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65. (Brev .- Major U. S. V.) Sept. 10,'62 Aug: 25,'62 Discharged Nov. 29, '64. Dec. 24,'64 Nov. 29,'64 Discharged by reason of consol- i idation June 27, '65. Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 25,'62 Resigned Nov. 12, '64.
John L. Crane. William J. Parish
Hugh Hughes.
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 9,'62 Promoted to Major Dec. 31,'62. Jan. 22,'63 Dec. 30,'62 Discharged Dec. 27, '64.
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 22,'62 May 16,'64 Feb. 16,'64 Discharged Nov. 28, '64. Dec. 24,'64 Nov. 28,'64
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 24,'65 Died Nov. 1, '62, of disease. Nov. 29,'62 Nov. 28,'62 Promoted to Major Fifteenth N. Y. Cavalry Mar. 17, '64. May 16,'64 Mar. 17,'62 Discharged Sept. 14, '64. Sept. 28,'64 Sept. 28,'64 Killed in action at Cedar Creek,
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MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. NINTH HEAVY ARTILLERY-(Continued.)
NAME.
Date of Commission.
Date of Rank.
Remarks.
Philip R. Freeoff
Feb. 18,'65
Nov. 12,'64
Discharged May 15, '65.
Irvin Squyer.
Sept. 10,'62
Ang. 27,'62
Dennis E. Flynn.
Nov. 30,'64
Sept. 15,'64
Promoted to Major Nov. 19,'64. Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
John D. Human
Oct. 24,'62 Sept. 4,'62
Discharged Apr. 15, '63.
Anson S. Wood
May 21,'63 Apr. 14,'63
Promoted to Major Jan. 13, '65.
John S. McMaster
Feb. 18,'65 Nov. 28,'64 Not mustered as Capt.
Frank A. Sinclair.
Feb. 28.'64
Feb. 15,'64 Discharged Nov. 28, '64.
S. Augustus Howe
Dec. 24,'64
Nov. 28,'64
Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
First Lieutenants :
James H. Hyde
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 9,'62
Promoted to Capt. Jan. 22, '63. Discharged Oct. 4, '64.
Rufus M. Campbell.
Jan. 22,'63
Dec. 13,'62
George W. Brinkerhoff
Nov. 19,'64
Oct. 25,'64.
Benjamin F. Barnes.
Feb. 18,'65 Dec. 27.'64
Promoted to Capt. Feb. 18,'65. Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65. Discharged Oct. 3, '64.
Jakeway R. Hoff.
Mar. 24,'64 Mar. 1,'64
Emmett Stafford.
Nov. 19,'64 ¡Oct. 3,'64
Charles W. Hough
May 16,'64 Apr. 4,'64
Transferred to Second N. Y. Artillery June 27, '65.
Nelson F. Strickland.
Sept. 10,'62 Ang. 14,'62
Asahel M. Abbey.
May 16,'64
Mar. 17,'64
Philip R. Freeoff.
Nov. 30,'54
Nov. 14,'64
Samuel F. Harris.
Feb. 18,'65
Nov. 12,'64
Harvey Follett.
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 14,'62
Marshall B. Burke
Feb. 17,'63 Feb. 10,'63
William W. Sinclair
Nov. 30,'64 Sept. 12, 64
John W. Rice
Apr. 9,'64 Apr. 4,'64 Discharged by reason of consol- Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 22,'62 idation June 27, '65. Promoted to Capt. May 21, '63. Discharged Apr. I, '64.
Lewis D. Williams.
Sept. 23,'64 Apr. 4,'64
Orin B. Carpenter.
Ang. 15,'64 Ang. 15.'64
John F. Stewart.
Nov. 30,'64 Nov. 14,'64
Robert Finley.
Feb. 18;'65 Feb. 3,'65
Seth F. Swift.
Sept. 10.'62 Aug. 24,'62
George P. Rnapp.
May 16,'64 Mar. 17,'64 Not mustered as First Lient.
Robert L. Daniells
June 17,'65 Mar. 28,'65 Not mustered as First Lieut.
William J. Parish
Almond Holcomb
May 16,'64 Apr. 4,'64 Dec. 24,'64 Nov. 29,'64 Promoted to Capt. Dec. 24, '64. Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
George W. Bacon
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 24,'62 Promoted to Capt. Jan. 16, '64.
Weston E. Allen
Jan. 28,'64 Jan. 8,'64
Joseph S. Bixby ..
Feb. 18,'65
Dec. 17,'64 Not mustered.
Sullivan B. Lamoreaux
Aug. 10,'63 July 31,'63 Promoted to Capt. June 23, '64.
John B. Baker.
James D. Knapp.
Nov. 3.'64 Nov. 3,'64 Discharged Jan. 31, '65. Feb. 28,'65 Feb. 17,'65 Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
William Hawley.
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 24,'62 Promoted to Capt. May 16, '64. James H. Ellis.
May 16,'64 Mar. 17,'64 Died July 9, '64, of wounds.
Promoted to Capt. May 16, '64. Discharged Sept. 28, '64. Promoted to Capt. May 18, '65. Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
Promoted to Capt. Feb. 17, 63. Promoted to Capt. Nov. 30,'64. Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
Anson S. Wood.
Samuel C. Redgrave
Charles D. Lent.
May 21.'63 Apr, 14,'63 May 16,'64 May 17,'64
Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65. Discharged Nov. 28, '64. Not mustered as First Lient. Promoted to Col. Feb 18, '65. Transferred to Second N. Y. Artillery June 27, '65. Discharged Feb. 23,'64.
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MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY.
NINTH HEAVY ARTILLERY-(Continued.)
NAME.
Date of Commission.
Date of Rank.
Remarks.
John Tift.
Horace Babcock.
Vincent E. Kenyon.
Henry J. Rhodes.
Josiah T. Crittenden
Tennis Vosburgh.
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 25,'65
Daniel B. Harmon.
Jan. 14,'63 Dec. 30,'62 Promoted Sept. 28, '64.
Sidney A. Colvin.
Philip P. Tyndall.
Sept. 28,'64 Sept. 28,'64 Not mustered as First Lieut. Dec. 24,'64 Nov. 28,'64 Discharged by reason of con- solidation.
John S. McMaster
May 16,'64 Mar. 17,'64 Discharged Mar. 25, '65.
James A. Bowles.
Feb. 18,'65 Nov. 28,'64 Not mustered as First Lieut.
Orson Howard.
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 25,'62 Promoted to Capt. Sept. 28,'64.
George R. Watson
Sept. 28.'64 Sept. 28,'64 Resigned June I, '65.
Lyman C. Comstock
Dennis E. Flynn
Feb. 13,'64 Feb. 6,'64 Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 27,'62
Discharged June 14, '65. Promoted to Capt. Nov. 30, '64,
Reuben Burton.
Nov. 30,'64 Sept. 15,'64 Not mustered as First Lieut.
George H. Pidge.
Apr. 13,'64 Apr. 4,'64
Discharged Sept. 12, '64.
Philip Sturge.
Nov. 19,'64 Sept. 12,'64 Not mustered as First Lieut.
John W. Fitzpatrick.
Feb. 18,'65 Feb. 3,'65
Charles Cowell.
Feb. 28,'65 Feb. 17,'65
Melancthon W. Brown ..
Robert C. Worthington
William E. Greenwood.
Chauncey Fish.
Nov. 19,'64 Sept. 12,'64| Promoted to Capt. Dec. 24, '64.
William H. Forth
Dec. 24,'64 Nov. 28,'64 Not mustered as First Lieut.
Lendall H. Bigelow.
Mar. 10,'65 Mar. 10,'65 Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65. Discharged Oct. 28, '64.
William D. W. Pringle. Guy A. Brown ..
[Oct. 27,'62 Sept. 4,'62 Nov. 28,'64 Oct. 28,'64 Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, 65. (Brev .- Capt. U. S. V.) Dec. 10,'63 Dec. 6,'63 Promoted to Capt. Dec. 24, '64. Dec. 27,'64 |Nov. 28,'64
S. Augustus Howe. Benjamin J. Yard.
-Joseph W. Jewhurst.
Feb. 23,'64 Feb. 15,'64 Feb. 28,'65 Feb. 3,'65
Lewis Barton
Feb. 3,'65
Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65. Promoted to Capt. Feb. 28,'65. Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65. Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
Second Lieutenants : Rufus M. Campbell.
Jakeway R. Hoff.
Henry J. Rhoades
Vincent E. Kenyon.
Oscar E. Foote
George W. Brinkerhoff.
Mar. 24,'64
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 9,'62|Promoted to First Lieut. Jan. 27, '63. Feb. 12,'63 Dec. 30, '62 Promoted to First Lieut. Mar. 24, '64. Mar. 24,'64 Mar. 1,'64 Promoted to First Lieut. Nov. Nov. 30,'64 Nov. 14,'64 30, '64. Promoted to First Lieut. Feb. 18, '65.
Feb. 18,'65 Feb. 3,'65 Discharged by reason of consol- Mar. 1,'64 idation June 27, '65. Promoted to First Lieut. Nov. 19, '64.
Oct. 24,'62 Sept. 4,'62 May 21.'63 Apr. 16,'63 Feb. 13,'64 Jan. 29,'64
Transferred to Second N. Y. Artillery June 27, '65. Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65. Discharged Apr. 16, '63. Resigned Jan. 29, '64. Discharged Sept. 12, '64.
George W. Swift
July 9,'64 July 9,'64 Promoted to Capt. Nov. 30, '64. Nov. 30,'64 Nov. 14,'64 Feb. 18,'65 Feb. 3,'65 Not mustered as First Lieut. Discharged by reason of consol- Nov. 30,'64 Nov. 14,'64 idation June 27, '65. Promoted to Capt. Feb. 18, '65. Feb. 18,'65 Nov. 12,'64 Discharged May 20, '65. Resigned Dec. 30, '62.
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`MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. NINTH HEAVY ARTILLERY-(Continued. )
NAME.
Date of Commission.
Date of Rank.
Remarks.
John W. Fitzpatrick
Nov. 19,'64 Nov. 25,'65
Promoted to First Lieut. Feb. 18, '65.
Francis J. Hoag.
Feb. 18,'65
Feb. 3,'65 Discharged June 14, '65.
William E. Greenwood
Sept. 10,'62
Aug. 14,'62
Promoted to First Lieut. Feb. 13, '64.
Charles W. Hough
Mar. 30,'64 Feb. 15,'64 Promoted to First Lieut. May 16, '64. July 16,'64 Apr. 4,'64 Promoted to First Lieut. Dec. 24, '64.
James A. Bowles.
Dec. 24,'64
Nov. 29,'64
Discharged Mar. 29, '65.
Gilbert Conklin
Feb. 18,'65 Nov. 28,'64
Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
Reuben Burton
Apr. '64
Apr. 5,'64 Transferred to Second N. Y. Artillery June 27, '65.
David H. Stone.
Nov. 30,'64
Sept. 15,'64 Killed in action at Petersburg, Va., Jan. 14, '64.
George E. Clows
Jan. 21,'65 Jan. 20,'65
Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
Marshall B. Burke
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 14,'62
Promoted to First Lieut. Feb. 17, '63. Promoted to First Lieut. Feb. 13, '64.
James H. Ellis.
Mar. 30,'64 Feb. 15,'64
Promoted to First Lieut. May 16, '64.
Edward Nash May 23,'64 Apr. 4,'64 Not mustered.
John M. Allen
May 17,'64 Mar. 24,'64 Discharged Mar. 6, '65.
Truman S. Harvey Mar. 30,'65 Feb. 28,'65
Resigned June 14, '65.
Samuel C. Redgrave
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 22,'62 Discharged April 1, '64.
Orrin B. Carpenter.
May 21,'63 Apr. 14,'63
Killed in action Oct. 19, '64.
John Oldswager,
Sept. 28,'64 Aug. 15,'64
Killed in action Oct. 19, '64. Not mustered.
William E. Jaqueth.
Nov. 30,'64 Nov. 14,'64
Samuel Lape.
Feb. 17,'64 Feb. 17,'64 Nov. 30,'64 Sept. 12,'64
Transferred to Second N. Y. Artillery June 27, '65.
George Stoyell.
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 24,'62 Died Jan. 21, '63, of disease. Jan. 29,'63 Jan. 21,'63 Promoted to First Lieut. July
9, '64.
William H. Forth
July 9,'64 July 9,'64 Discharged Feb. 19, '65. Dec. 24,'64 Nov. 28,'64 Not mustered.
Discharged Dec. 21, '64.
Samuel F. Harris.
Feb. 29,'64 Feb. 25,'64| Nov. 30,'64 Nov. 14,'64
Promoted to First Lieut. Feb. 18.'65.
David Becker
Feb. 18,'65 Nov. 12,'64 Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
Sullivan B. Lamoreaux.
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 24,'62
Promoted to First Lieut. Aug. IO, '63. Promoted to First Lieut. Jan. 28, '64.
Albert B. Norton
Jan. 28,'64 Jan. 8,'64 Discharged Mar. 12, '64.
Philip Sturge ..
Michael McNulty
Mar. 30,'64 Mar. 14,'64 Nov. 19,'64 Sept. 12,'64 Discharged Mar. 6, '65. Discharged Feb. 2, '65.
Charles Robinson
Mar. 30,'65 Feb. 28,'65
Transferred to Second N. Y. Artillery June 27. '65.
Emmett Stafford .. Aug. '63 Aug. 1,'63 Promoted to First Lieut. Nov. 1 19, '64.
.
Cyrus Acker.
Horace B. Babcock.
Weston E. Allen.
Aug. 10,'63 July 31,'63
Dismissed Oct. 8, '64.
William J. Hitchcock
John Tifft.
..
Lyman C. Comstock
Feb. 17,'63 Feb. 10,'63
Almond Holcomb
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MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY.
NINTH HEAVY. ARTILLERY-(Continued.)
NAME.
Date of Commission.
Date of Rank.
Remarks.
Robert L. Daniels
Dec. 30,'64 Dec. 30,'64 Transferred to Second N. Y. Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 24,'62 Artillery June 27, '65. Resigned Feb. 25, '64.
Seymour Woodward.
James W. Tift .. Mar. 5,'64 Mar. 10,'64 Discharged Nov. 28, '64.
Ezra H. Calkins
Dec. 22,'64 Nov. 28,'64
Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
Charles W. Squires
Feb. 28,'64 Feb. 15,'65
Discharged Jan. 4, '65.
George B. Voorhies
Jan. 17,'65 Jan. 4,'65|Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
Daniel B. Harmon
Sept. 10,'62
Aug. 25,'62 Promoted to First Lieut. Jan. 14, '63.
Vincent Agnet ..
Feb. 11,'63
Dec. 30,'62
Not mustered, deceased.
Theodore D. Quick. Dec. 24,'64 Dec. 24,'64 Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
Charles D. Lent June 19,'63 June 10,'63 Promoted to First Lieut. May 16, '64.
Benson Conklin.
May 17,'64] Mar. 17,'64
Discharged Dec. 24, '64.
Thomas J. Chaddock.
Feb. 18,'65 Dec. 23,'64 Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
Sidney T. Colvin
Jan. 25,'64 Jan. 25,'64
Discharged Dec. 19, '64.
John F. Stewart
Sept. 28,'64 Sept. 28,'64 Promoted to First Lieut. Nov. 30, '64.
Lewis Barton
Nov. 30,'64 Nov. 14,'64
Promoted to First Lieut. Feb. 30, '65. Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
Philip R. Freeoff.
Robert Finley ..
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 25,'62 Promoted to First Lieut. Nov. Nov. 30,'64 30, '64. Nov. 14,'64 Promoted to First Lieut. Feb. 18, '65.
H. Hill Wheeler, Jr
Feb. 18,'65 Feb. 3,'65 Transferred to Second N. Y. Artillery June 27, '65.
Charles P. Patterson
Feb. 17,'64 Feb. 6,'64 Discharged Sept. 24, '64.
Philip P. Tindall
Nov. Iy,'64 Sept. 15,'64 Promoted to First Lieut. Dec. 24, '64.
Henry Rowland
Dec. 24,'64 Dec. 1,'64 Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65. (Brev .- Capt. N. Y. V.) Discharged Mar. 28, '65.
'George Preston Knapp ..
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 27,'62 May 1I,'64 Mar. 17,'64 Feb. 18,'65|Feb. 4,'65
Discharged Feb. 4, '65. Promoted to First Lieut. Feb. 28. '65.
William H. McIntyre.
Feb. 28,'65 Feb. 3,'65
Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65. 6,'64 Promoted to First Lieut. Nov. 19, '64.
Edmond Young
Nov. 19,'64 Sept. 12,'64
Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
Robert Worthington
Oct. 24,'62
Sept. 4,'62
Asahel M. Abbey.
May 21,'63
Apr. 16,'63
Promoted to First Lieut. May 21, '63. Promoted to First Lient. May 16, '64.
George C. Monroe
John Robinson.
May 23,'64 Mar. 17,'64 Not mustered. Feb. 18,'65 Feb. 3,'65 Transferred to Second N. Y. Artillery June 27, '65.
John C. Elmendorf.
Feb. 18,'65 Feb. 3,'65
George E. Chappel.
George W. Swift.
Chauncey Fish.
Mar. 16,'64 Feb.
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MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY.
NINTH HEAVY ARTILLERY-(Continued.)
NAME.
Date of Commission.
Date of Rank.
Remarks.
Edwin P. Clark
Oct. 11,'62 Sept. 4,'62 Discharged Sept. 4, '62.
William J. Parish.
May 21,'63 Sept. 4,'62 Promoted to First Lieut. May
16, '64.
Stillwell J. Grandy
May 28,'64
Apr.
4,'64
Discharged Nov. 16, '64.
Henry C. Stern
Dec. 7,'64
|Dec.
6,'64 Discharged Mar. 30, '65.
Stephen V. R. Cole.
Feb. 17,'64 Feb. 17,'64 Discharged May 6, '64.
Benjamin J. Yard
May 16,'64| Apr.
4,'64 Promoted to First Lieut. Dec.
24, '64.
Josiah T. Crittenden
Dec. 24,'64 Nov. 28,'64
Promoted to First Lieut. Feb. 18, '65.
Benjamin F. Hoffman
Feb. 18,'65
Feb.
3,'65
Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27,'65.
William W. Sinclair.
Feb. 23,'64
Feb. 15,'64
Promoted to First Lient. Nov. 30, '64.
Arthur W. Marshall.
Nov. 30,'64
Nov. 14,'64
Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
THE TWENTY-SECOND CAVALRY.
This was formed in the fall of 1863, and quite a number of veterans were enrolled in its ranks. Men who had served two years and been discharged early in the summer of 1863, displayed a patriotism highly commendable in being willing again to enter the service. The companies of which the Twenty-second was composed were raised in Monroe, Erie, Chautauqua, Livingston, Steuben, Onondaga, Orleans, Wayne, Chenango, Delaware and Otsego. James C. Van- Marter was the most active promoter of enlistments in Wayne Co., and he became captain of Company H, in the ranks of which our men were enrolled. The regiment ren- dezvoused at Rochester and completed its organization there It was mustered into service February, 1864, and out August 1, 1865. Its record, though brief, is brilliant. Sam- uel J. Crooks was commissioned Colonel, May 4, 1864. June 13th the regiment was engaged across the Chickahominy for several hours as the advance of the brigade. Line was formed and the fire of the enemy promptly returned till his withdrawal. The loss was thirty killed and wounded. While upon a raid the Twenty-second was encamped at Ford's Station; its four squadrons were placed two on each side of the road, at an interval. The position had scarcely been
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taken, when a body of the enemy charged upon the advance squadrons. When within easy carbine range, the men'fired and checked the onset. When taking the road, they fell back to the rear of the other squadrons and showed the same front as previously. The enemy regarding themselves as victors, charged again, were roughly handled, and with -. drew. The Twenty-second was brigaded with the Eighth and Fifteenth New York and Third. Indiana, as the First Brigade, Third Cavalry Division. An order issued April 9, 1865, at Appomattox Court House, by General G. A. Custar, commanding, outlines the action of the Twenty-sec- ond, in common with their gallant comrades of the division :
" During the past six months, although in most instances confronted with superior numbers, you have captured from the enemy, in open battle, one hundred and eleven pieces of field artillery, sixty-five battle flags, and upwards of ten thousand prisoners of war, including seven general officers. You have never lost a gun, never lost a color, and have never been defeated; and notwithstanding numerous engagements in which you have borne a prominent part, including those memorable battles of the Shenandoah, you have captured every piece of artillery which the enemy has dared to open upon you.
"And now speaking for myself alone, when the war is ended and the work of the historian begins, when those deeds of daring, which have rendered the name and fame of the Third Cavalry Division imperishable, are inscribed upon the bright pages of our country's history, I only ask that my name may be written as that of the commander of the Third Cavalry Division."
FIRST REGIMENT VETERAN CAVALRY.
The time for which the two-years' men were to serve hav- ing expired in May and June 1863, they returned home; but many of them very soon after began to re-enlist forming regiments specially designated as "veteran." Among these was the First Regiment of Veteran Cavalry in which quite a number of Wayne county men enlisted.
This regiment was organized at Geneva, New York, to serve three years, and was composed of men from Ontario, Seneca, Wayne, Monroe, Erie and Chemung. By the last of September, 1863, eight hundred men had rendezvoused at Camp Sherrill. Of these, about three hundred were of the
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Seventeenth New York Cavalry consolidated with Taylor's Veterans, and with them about one hundred men recruited at Rochester for the Fourteenth Heavy Artillery, but trans- ferred to this command. The regiment was mustered into the service of the United States from July 25 to November 19, 1863, and contained ten full companies and one thousand one hundred and forty men. The list of regimental officers gives the following: Robert Taylor, former colonel of the Thirty-third, colonel; John S. Platner, who was major in the Thirty-third, lieutenant-colonel; Charles A. Wells and James E. Williams, majors; DeEstaing, surgeon ; Albert H. Nash, adjutant; and Henry W. Alexander, quartermaster. J. S. Platner was promoted colonel, and breveted brigadier- general for gallant and meritorious service, and remained with the regiment till it was mustered out.
The regiment was sent to Virginia, and rode over ground familiar to many of them as places to and from which they had marched during service as infantry. Their first encounter was with a band of Mosby's guerrillas, in the val- ley of the Shenandoah. A post held by about forty men from Companies L and M was surprised on the morning of July 10, 1864, by an attack from about one hundred and fifty of the guerrillas ; a lively skirmish ensued; reinforcements speedily arrived, and the enemy was driven off. On the 8th of April the First Veteran Cavalry was transferred to the command of General Averill, and set out in the midst of a heavy storm for Martinsburg. Ten days later, three hun- dred picked men joined Averill's command for a raid through western Virginia. April 28th, the army of the Shenandoah advanced up the valley. May 9th, the First Veteran Cavalry reached Cedar creek, the scene of Bank's earlier discomfiture. The veterans advanced upon Wood- stock, then held by the enemy, and drove them from the town. They pursued, and by the 13th had possession of Mount Jackson. A force led by John C. Breckenridge began to move down the valley, and General Sigel, who desired to prevent his junction with the commands of Imbo- den and Gilmore, made an effort to attack and rout the latter before the former could come up. The attempt was not
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